VDB
CVE-2014-1638
CVE-2014-1638
REJECTED
(1) debian/postrm and (2) debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.
EPSS 0.36% · 29.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.36%
29.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | localepurge | 0, 0.7.2, 0.7.3 |
Timeline
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1638 third-party-advisory
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90669 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736359 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1638 third-party-advisory